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Old 12-28-2012, 08:04 PM
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I've got an otherwise extremely healthy copper band butterfly in QT right now on his third transfer of the tank transfer method. He's fat, curious, active, and eats everything, so by CBB standards he's doing great. However, he has these weird black spots on his rear fin, and his left pectoral fin. They look like little pieces of charcoal dust have gotten stuck to him. They're not growing or changing, but I'm not sure if this is a parasite or infection of some sort.

I tried to take the best picture I could, but a) I have an iPhone, and b) he moves his pectoral fins too much to get the camera to focus on it, so I could only get a clear shot of his rear fin:



and from today:



They're all going to be getting a week of Prazi-pro after the tank transfer protocol is finished, but should I be looking in to something extra for him?
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Old 12-28-2012, 08:33 PM
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Can't really tell, first thing I thought of was Black Ich. Kinda looks too large a spot for that too. Probably not if you're into the 3rd tank transfer and it's not changed at all or moved either.
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Old 12-28-2012, 09:18 PM
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yah I looked in to black ich, and it's nothing like any of the pictures or descriptions of that that I've seen. The spot on his pectoral fin is much bigger and more irregular than the one on his tail, it literally looks like little pieces of charcoal are stuck to his fin, they protrude like a wart.
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I finally got a better picture of the spot on the pectoral fin. I also have a video, if I could figure out how to put it up.



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